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Like the Metalurgi and Geologi sanatorium, the Gelati sanatorium is located on the north-west slope of Tskaltubo. Construction of the building began as early as the 1950s, but it was not put into use until 1964. In the 1960s and 1970s the sanatorium operated partly independently, partly under the management of the Metalurgi sanatorium. Eventually, in the 1980s, it became a sanatorium in its own right. The Gelati sanatorium was designed for 239 places, served mothers and children and specialized in arthrological and neurological diseases. Various types of medical and diagnostic practices functioned in the sanatorium.
Gelati sanatorium is one of the most versatile buildings among sanatoriums built in the style of Stalinist architecture in Tskaltubo. Decorative motifs borrowed from medieval Georgian church architecture and elements of classical architecture are used abundantly here. Such a solution of the building was paradoxical at a time when the building style and architecture in the Soviet Union had already undergone radical changes. The use of decorative decorations and valuable building materials in construction was condemned, and the architects put into practice the principles of late Soviet modernism. The building has a compact rectangular plan. Its longitudinal parts are connected to each other by a vertical wing located on the central transverse axis. This wing rises from the main mass of the building and divides the main façade in two by arches. There is also a central entrance, which is accentuated by a round arch running the full height of the building. The characteristic element of the Gelati sanatorium is the volume of the tower located at the intersection of the central longitudinal and north-east wings. There are courtyards in the south-west and north-east parts of the building. The inner courtyard in the north-eastern part is closed. It has a gallery decorated with Corinthian capitals supported by columns on three sides.
Today refugees from Abkhazia live in some parts of the sanatorium.
In 2021 the building was placed under monument protection.
Gelati sanatorium is one of the most versatile buildings among sanatoriums built in the style of Stalinist architecture in Tskaltubo. Decorative motifs borrowed from medieval Georgian church architecture and elements of classical architecture are used abundantly here. Such a solution of the building was paradoxical at a time when the building style and architecture in the Soviet Union had already undergone radical changes. The use of decorative decorations and valuable building materials in construction was condemned, and the architects put into practice the principles of late Soviet modernism. The building has a compact rectangular plan. Its longitudinal parts are connected to each other by a vertical wing located on the central transverse axis. This wing rises from the main mass of the building and divides the main façade in two by arches. There is also a central entrance, which is accentuated by a round arch running the full height of the building. The characteristic element of the Gelati sanatorium is the volume of the tower located at the intersection of the central longitudinal and north-east wings. There are courtyards in the south-west and north-east parts of the building. The inner courtyard in the north-eastern part is closed. It has a gallery decorated with Corinthian capitals supported by columns on three sides.
Today refugees from Abkhazia live in some parts of the sanatorium.
In 2021 the building was placed under monument protection.
